FC Pune City finished one spot from the bottom after a sterling start to the season. Chennai needed only a draw to qualify while NorthEast United bowed out of the tournament. This also helped Marco Matterazzi’s side leap to the second spot in the table. Stiven Mendoza set up Jeje, who scored the only goal of the game. Also Read - ISL: Mumbai City Hammer ATK Mohun Bagan By 5-1, Vikram Pratap Singh Scores BraceĮarlier, Chennaiyin FC who kept their nerve to nick a 1-0 win against FC Pune City in a cagey, physical encounter where neither team wanted to lose. Defending champions Atletico de Kolkata finish third. The match ebbed back and forth and it was Jonathan Lucca who sealed the deal, beating the Delhi backline, rounding the keeper before slotting home the winner. It all changed with coach Zico bringing on Romeo Fernandez, who scored two goals in as many minutes. The Gaurs, in their final game were 0-2 down at half-time and were lacklustre throughout. The match also saw India national team defender Narayan Das come back from national duty and play his first Hero ISL match of Season 2015 for FC Goa.įor his fantastic performance, FC Goa’s Leo Moura was awarded with “HERO Player of the Match” award.The group-stage of the Indian Super League (ISL) 2015 came to a close and it was FC Goa who topped table after 14 games. This was the second time in the League that the Gaurs had come from behind to win the match. ISL Spring 2022 Team Registration: All teams will be registered with gotsport beginning this fall. Goalkeeper Laxmikant Kattimani stood tall towards the end and stopped CK Vineeth’s volley to keep Kerala at bay. Noise levels of the Fatorda faithful reached a different level as Goa led 2-1 and on their way to the top of the Indian Super League table. With just six minutes left, the host completed an astonishing comeback in front of 19000 home fans as Gregory Arnolin’s towering header put FC Goa ahead, from a Mandar Rao Desai corner. The home supporters cranked up the noise level with the arrival of local boys Mandar Rao Dessai and Romeo Fernandes as substitutions in the 61st minute.Ī hush followed, when in the 64th minute, from a corner, Kerala Blasters came close to scoring their second from a Sanchez Watt blast at first, and then two consecutive efforts by Bruno Perone.
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Possession, however, was dominated by Kerala in the initial phase of the second half.
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The second half saw the same style of well-contested football. The Brazilian attacker spotted a ball deflected by Kerala Blasters goalkeeper Stephen Bywater and perfectly placed it to the top-left corner of the Kerala goal. The Gaurs finally got their breakthrough on the brink of first-half to put FC Goa on level terms.
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Kerala Blasters had another opportunity to increase their lead on 40 th minutes when Cavin Lobo’s fantastic free kick was just tipped over by Kattimani. The forward line of Darryl Duffy and Reinaldo remained isolated for major part of the first half, hence manufacturing attacks looked harder than usual. Mohammed Rafi spotted a Rahul Bheke cross that came right into the FC Goa box, and he made no mistake heading it home. Although the deadlock was broken by Kerala itself in the 24th minute. On 7 th minutes, Kerala Blaster’s Sandesh Jhingan almost headed in as his effort was just off the target.
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Ball possession changed sides frequently with plenty of intercepts and run-ins going around. The Blasters made as many as five changes to their starting eleven that lost to Delhi Dynamos, as Carlos Marchena, Victor Pulga, CK Vineeth, Manandeep Singh and Christopher Dagnall were benched for Bruno Perone, Joao Coimbra, Mehtab Hussain, Mohammad Rafi and Sanchez Watt respectively.įor the most part of the first half, the game was well-contested.